Last week, I wrote about The Embers, a Mount Pleasant institution for 49 years.

Well, it turns out my visit came just days before the decision was announced to close the family-owned restaurant.

In an e-mail to me last weekend, owner Jeff Tuma thanked me for the review and attached a copy of a letter he said he thought I "might find interesting." The letter, which ran as an advertisement March 30 in the Mount Pleasant newspaper, The Morning Sun, said, in part:

"It is with mixed emotions I announce that after more than 49 years of wonderful business, it is time for The Embers to close. This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made in my life, mainly because the restaurant has been my life for over 39 years (that's how long I have worked here)."

Tuma went on to say that The Embers will remain open until June 30 in an effort, among other reasons, to allow people to use their gift certificates and "we want to make sure everyone has an opportunity to dine at The Embers at least one last time."

"We will still be doing our famous Sunday brunch and we will count them down as we work our way to the last one."

The restaurant has other events planned, too, including one more Tuma Family Heritage night, featuring Lebanese dishes.

So whether you grew up going to The Embers while you lived nearby, visited it frequently while you attended Central Michigan University, or last weekend's review of the restaurant's terrific Sunday brunch piqued your interest, the clock is ticking.

You have less than two months to get in one last visit to a Michigan landmark.